Saturday, 12 January 2013

Review: Korres Smoky Bronze Antioxidant Eye Collection

I swear I wasn't meant to write about Korres products in two posts in a row but I've been too lazy to take pictures of my other recent buys! One day as I was browsing through StrawberryNET I came across what I thought was a great deal- an eye collection by Korres which included two eyeshadows, a small tube of mascara and an eyeliner pencil. I kept telling myself that I did not need this collection but I convinced myself that $10 for 4 products was great value. So there it was, this Korres Smoky Bronze Antioxidant Eye Collection was in my shopping cart.

The retail price of these cute eyeshadows are $29.95 a pop in Australia, from kitcosmetics, so I must say I am very pleased with the price I paid for the eye collection with these in it! The photo above I have to admit is quite misleading, the colours of the eyeshadows are a little off and I tried my best to capture their true shade but it was difficult given the lighting- but both these shades appear much lighter than they actually are. The texture was nice, no fall out and easy to apply. In terms of pigmentation, they were just decent, nothing really amazing.

L-R: Bronze Brown, Brun

L-R: Brun, Bronze Brown single swatch- a better representation of the colours. Also forgive me for this bad photo, I am yet to master taking pictures of swatches!

The Brun shade actually worked well as an eyebrow filler, the colour was perfect for my eyebrows! I quite like Bronze Brown as it is a nice wearable, neutral shade. The formulation is nice, albeit I wouldn't spend $29.95 on them.

Provitamin B5 & Rice Bran Mascara 3.55mL in Black
I have far too many mascaras to be used but a small travel sized one will always entice me! Described as an easy-to-layer, creamy mascara for volume, extra length with provitamin B5 and rice bran to to strengthen the lashes and intensify the colour for a rich finish, who could resist? The full size of 9mL retails in kitcosmetics for $35.95.

Simple brush

To be honest I haven't tried this mascara yet as I have quite a few others to finish off first. I have a feeling it might not be anything special, but don't take my word for it until I try it.

Eyeliner Pencil in Black
Last item from the Antioxidant Eye Collection is the smooth cedar wood pencil. The key ingredients are 100% natural based, rich with herbs and vitamins with a lead diameter of 4mm. This surprisingly retails for $29.95 from kitcosmetics and I'm definitely face-palming at the ridiculously inflated Australian prices for cosmetics. From an instant look, I knew I wouldn't be too fond of this eyeliner- purely because traditional eyeliner pencils smudge like mad on me, no matter how much primer I put on beforehand and however much I surround it with concealer.

Simple black eyeliner pencil

After a trial, I indeed was right. Smudged like crazy and gave me panda eyes all day. Disappointing, and to think this eyeliner is retailing for basically $30 is insane! Application was terribly, dragged across my eyelid and pigmentation was mediocre. Nothing really good to say about this eyeliner. A much better option for a black eyeliner choice would be the Revlon's Grow Luscious Lash Liner which is absolutely creamy, super pigmented, doesn't smudge and retails for $23.95 which definitely can be cheaper if you buy it on offer.

Despite being on the fence about buying this Smoky Bronze Antioxidant Eye Collection, and the disappointing eyeliner pencil that was included, I am still quite satisfied with the purchase as the eyeshadows make the $10 I paid for (an otherwise quite expensive collection) worthwhile.

Have you tried any of these Korres products? Any tips that I can do to make the eyeliner pencil work?

Wow what a bargain! Too bad only the eyeshadows really stood out - I was thinking the same that the darker colour would be good for brows. Bronze Brun looks a bit like some of the colours in the Naked palette as well. I dunno what to do about the eyeliner unfortunately .. I only use gel/liquid to line my lids and I've been using the Revlon Colorstay automatic eyeliner religiously on my waterline for years and years. Maybe you could smudge it out on purpose and use it as a base for a smokey eye look.

I familiarize Korres more so with their lip products and things like that, but have not heard much about their makeup line. With an eyeliner like that, maybe it's best to use it only for smudging? o__O You could try using it as a dark base for other shadows too I suppose.. at least that way you'd be using it and it wouldn't be a waste of your money.

oh I love Korres products!! it's so weird that strawberry.net is blocked here in Germany :( I think it has something to do with the custom etc etc :/ so sad because I'd love to order stuffs from the website..I have 1 korres single eye shadow and I love it ;))

I think it is harder to buy things online in Germany because your customs are more restricted (everytime I go on ebay it says delivery to Germany will take really long and that customs might seize the parcel!) and I wonder why! Australia has pretty strict quarantine but online parcels aren't as restricted :P

The eyeshadows sure look great, sorry to hear about the smudging. I'd then use it as a base for shadows for smokey looks or try powder beneath your eyes before using it on your upper lash line, that prevents smudging on the bottom!

Australian prices are downright laughable! Who would pay $30 for that single eyeshadow?! Eeeek. I like the colours of the two that you bought, but I think I could do without the mascara and eyeliner. Sorry to hear the eyeliner was such a letdown :( Hopefully the mascara fares better once you get around to using it!

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it's a shame the eyeliner gave you panda eyes :( i always get panda eyes too, so i need something that is super durable, waterproof and smudge proof! the eyeshadows look pretty nice, although $30 is way too pricey for them! i wish we had cheaper makeup prices like in the us :( http://oliviiaaaaa.blogspot.com.au/

$10 for 4 products is definitely a very good deal. Too bad that the eyeliner pencil doesn't stay on well. I suppose you can use it when you want to do smokey eye looks by using it as a base and layering shadow over it. Bronze Brown looks very nice.

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Wow, they all look like gorgeous products! ^^Urgh, I hate smudgy liner! -.-Especially if it's on trial and you go out with it on.. and then you look in a mirror, and bam! It looksl ike you've been punched! ._.Love your blog! ^^

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